1 week ago

If you have to the funds to get more Rakdos dual lands than just Dragonskull then I think
Munitions Expert
is a good reason to play Rakdos over Mono Red.
Unearth
can also be powerful with Goblins.
Duress
is a good budget sideboard card.

This is by no means an ideal manabase, but it's budget. If on a low budget and can't afford all these Rakdos dual lands then Mono Red is the better option. Just play Mountains, don't have to worry about getting dual lands. Can instead use those funds for more higher priced Goblins such as
Goblin Piledriver
.

2 months ago

@hungry000 thanks for chipping in with some advice! I did think about what you said, however I feel like having the haste on
Goblin Warchief
as well as the cost reduction is well worth the price of one mana. Also, maybe I will take out one of the
Warren Instigator
s, for a
Goblin Piledriver
, I'll have to play around with it a bit but ultimately I am hesitant about it because most of the removal in the format is in mardu's colors. As for replacing
Magus of the Moon
with one of the
Blood Moon
s oh, I think that this is ultimately going to hurt us more than it would help us because post board, our opponent will be bringing in all their creature removal in the Decks that would normally be locked out by a
Blood Moon
are probably going to take out their enchantment removal unless they are playing two steps ahead of us.

3 months ago

Finally got some time to sit down and work through upgrades, and I am pretty happy with how it went.

Goblin War Party
in for
Beetleback Chief
. I've never been that happy with ol' BBC (huehuehue) or
Siege-Gang Commander
for that matter. Maybe if I could recur them or capitalize on their ETB effects, but without that ability they are just costly token generators. I like the modality of War Party, and is a tiny mana sink too, which is nice.

Goblin Wizard
in for
Tears of Rage
. Tears has been a flex slot for a while, and after Ashen0ne commented about it recently, it's really gotten me excited about the Wizard again, now that my deck works significantly better than it did when I first used him (~2 years ago).

Jaya, Venerated Firemage
in for
Outpost Siege
. This is just a test, and Siege I've never gotten a lot of value out of. I don't normally like planeswalkers because they get hated out so quickly in my playgroup, but this is a pretty low-to-the-ground one that might stick a little easier since it doesn't have an ultimate.

Pashalik Mons
in for
Goblin Assassin
. I love Assassin, and the flavor is hilarious and fitting for this deck, but politically I can't handle running it in my playgroup. I'm taking it out now for the same reason I did a year or so ago, people hate flipping coins or rolling dice to see if their creatures die, and when they have to do it for every Goblin I make they hate it even more, which gets me focused more than I like.

Still considering
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
, but I'm trying to make sure he doesn't suffer from
Goblin Piledriver
Syndrome, which is that in my deck it is only good when Ib isn't out, and Ib is out pretty frequently. The fact that Krenko is worth at least 3 bodies may make him fit sort of what was the
Beetleback Chief
slot, with the potential that he gets better the longer he stays. Maybe I will test him before
Goblin War Party
just to see.

Goblin Piledriver occurrence in decks from the last year

Modern:

All decks: 0.04%

Commander / EDH:

All decks: 0.01%

Red: 0.23%

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